Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 44.1 Bone structures of knee joint Tibial plateau: it consists of two parts, medial and lateral, and they have different size. The main load-bearing part is medial plateau. Patella:…

Fig. 8.1 US image of subcutaneous edema on axial plane (asterisk, edema) Cellulitis It is a kind of infection that diffuses on the skin and in subcutaneous tissues. There might…

Fig. 48.1 Spinal column consists of cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacrococcygeal regions. It has curvatures in the sagittal plane, while it is totally straight in the coronal plane Every anatomic…

  T score Normala At or over −1,0 SD Osteopenia (low bone mass)b Ranges between −1.0 and −2.5 SD Osteoporosisc At or below −2.5 SD Severe or established osteoporosis The…

where R = 4 × 5/6 body weight =20/6 body weight. As noted above, the sum of weight affecting a single hip is more than three folds the body weight. Besides, motions such as…

Fig. 45.1 The adjacent structures of the backside of the left hip joint after lifting up the gluteus maximus are seen. P piriformis, SG superior gemellus, OI obturator internus, IG…

Fig. 22.1 Bilateral standing X-ray of a 65-year-old female patient. Mild to moderate radiological findings of osteoarthritis were recognized A 65-year-old female patient approached the outpatient clinic with symptoms of…

Fig. 11.1 Chondrosarcoma located in the right femur. Coronal images with T1-weighted (a), fat saturated (FS) T2-weighted (b), and contrast enhanced FS T1-weighted images (c). Note the associated soft tissue…

Fig. 18.1 Microscopic appearance of cancellous bone and bone marrow. BM bone marrow, CB cancellous bone Cancellous Bone Bone tissue is formed in a place which does not contain any…

Fig. 29.1 Development of the spinal cord at gestational day 19, 20, and 22 Failure of the Ends of the Neural Tube to Close (a) Cranially, may cause anencephaly  …